Saturday, November 3, 2007

Kiva's Blog Party Local Herbs

Have you ever read Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Coast by Michael Moore? Well if you have you see the difficulty I have narrowing this down to my 100 mile radius~ I do however have some plants I really want to focus on, these of course will not be the only plants I work with and there will be barter and trade going on. Some of these are old friends that I cannot be without and others I want to get to know better. This was so hard to narrow down! No real order, I kept adding herbs as I thought of them. Honestly, my list was much smaller, but I kept adding plants LOL! I may not get to all of these, or I may work with others I run across, but I think this is a good start!

Plant Wisdom

Do you think it possible to dissect a human being, render it down into constituent parts, feed them into a machine which measures such things and determine from that its ability to paint or create music? No? Then why do you think that once you have done this with my body you know everything about me? _ Angelica
From Sacred Plant Medicine

About Me

I am a mom of 2 amazing kids Ella & Wyatt. I am a self taught herbalist (constantly learning & growing) with a Master Herbalist diploma from ACHS. I love herbalism because I feel there is always something new to learn from the plants. I teach basic herbal online courses at universalclass.com, I also take others on herb walks near the Sandy River & Mt Hood in Oregon. I am a Licensed Massage Therapist. I love the spending time outdoors with family , hiking, wildcrafting and camping. I also have a certificate in holistic nutrition from ACHS. I have experience as a wellness director,nutrition consultant, personal trainer & aerobics instructor, although I no longer work in this area. The past few years I have developed an interest in Sacred Plant Medicine and the practices of indigenous herbalism.